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Cube U55GT - 7.9 "tablet with 3G and GPS

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Today we have another 7.85-inch tablet testing, but unlike the Onda V818 mini and Chuwi V88, it is built on a Mediatek 8389 chip, and it has 3G, GPS and Bluetooth, as well as a fairly high performance with moderate power consumption due to 4 core Cortex-A7 processor with a frequency of up to 1.2GHz.



Specifications



image Screen: 7.9 ", 1024x768px, IPS, 175 °

image Chip: Mediatek 8389 (Cortex-A7, 1.2 GHz, 4 cores)

image Video accelerator: PowerVR SGX 544

image Operating system: Android 4.2.2

image RAM: 1 GB DDR3

image Permanent memory: 16 GB

image Camera: front 2 megapixel, rear - 5 megapixel

image Optional: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

image Communication: 1 sim card (nanoSIM)

image Battery: 4500 mAh

image Dimensions: 200.2 * 134.8 * 7.4 mm

image Weight: 360 grams



Appearance and equipment

The tablet comes in a compact eco-box made of gray cardboard. The compartment under the charger and headphones is not provided, so they just tied on top with tape

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The kit includes: USB cable, charger, headphones:

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The appearance of the U55GT copies one of the “apple” devices:

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Thickness is only 7.4 mm.



The back panel is made of metal with a plastic insert on top:

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There is a 2MP front camera, a light sensor and proximity sensor, as well as a speaker:

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Rear - 5MP camera

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She takes off mediocre:

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There are no hardware or touch buttons on the front panel:

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Volume control and power button are on the side:

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Also on the side are 2 speakers:

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The sound is loud, with a predominance of high frequencies.



The slot for nanoSIM cards is on the right:

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It supports work in 3G networks WCDMA-850/2100 MHz, as well as work in 2G networks GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz.

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The build quality is at a height - everything is smooth, beautiful and does not creak.



Screen

The tablet is set IPS screen size of 7.9 inches with a resolution of 1024x768. Bright, juicy, with excellent angles reviews

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GPS

GPS, as usually happens on devices with a Mediatek chip, started out of the box for a very long time. But, having done some manipulations, you can significantly improve the results.

To do this, enter the engineering menu by entering the combination * # * # 3646633 # * # * in the "Phone" application. Go to the tab Location> Location Based Servise> EPO and select Enable EPO and Auto Download. Go back, select YGPS, go to the Information tab and click Full, then Cold, then A-GPS restart.

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Go to the tab Sattelites and wait until the satellites are fixed.

Then go to the GPS setting and disable EPO and A-GPS. These manipulations will help to improve the performance of GPS, even if you spend them without an inserted SIM card.

After these manipulations, a cold start will take about a minute, and a hot start will take 10-20 seconds. And even in the room satellites will be caught:

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Hardware

The “heart” of the tablet is the Mediatetk 8389 chip. In fact, this is already the well-known MT6589 phone chip, which is installed in the tablet. It consists of a 4-core Cortex-A7 processor with a frequency of up to 1.2GHz and a PowerVR SGX 544 video accelerator.

The amount of RAM is 1 GB, constant - 16GB. Built-in WiFi module with support for 802.11 b / g / n, as well as Bluetooth 4.0. Memory card slot for expanding the internal memory is missing.

Information about the tablet in Antutu:

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Performance test:

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The expected result for the MT6589 platform is about 13 thousand points.



In the Quadrant, the tablet gains 4808 points, which is also a good result:

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Nenamark2:

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Vellamo test results with a standardly good HTML 5 processing speed:

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In general, the results are close to the performance of the phones on the MT6589 chip.



Software

Android 4.2.2 is preinstalled, with no extra launchers.

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The interface, as expected, is similar to the phone:

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Games

Productivity is enough for arcade games:

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(Aces of the Luftwaffe, Rail Rush)



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(He-Man: The Most Powerful Game)



The same for 3D:

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Of course, in heavy games such as Modern Combat 4 there will be a drop in the frame rate due to lack of performance.

(AVP: Evolution)



work time

The Cube U55GT has a 4500 mAh battery installed, which is pretty good for a tablet with a 7.85 inch screen.

In the synthetic battery test Antutu Tester, the result was 508 points.

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When playing video at 50% brightness when Wifi is off, the tablet worked for 6 hours and 31 minutes

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With mixed use - viewing web pages via Wifi, games, watching movies, the tablet has about 6-7 hours.

The tablet can be charged not only from the outlet, but also when connected via USB to a computer.



Pros and cons

image High-quality screen

image Built-in 3G, GPS, Bluetooth

image Battery life

image NanoSIM

image No memory card slot



Conclusions

Despite the shortcomings in the form of the lack of a memory card slot and a non-standard size of a SIM card, the tablet looks very decent. A good bright screen, built-in 3G and GPS, a productive 4-core platform and a capacious battery make the Cube U55GT a very versatile tablet that can be used not only to watch movies lying on the sofa, but also as a navigator or phone.



You can buy the Cube U55GT tablet at the Tinydeal store for $ 185.30 using the additional coupon for the talk7914off discount.



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